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LIDAR of the research station in Ny Ålesund on the island of Spitsbergen.

Suspended Particles

Mathematician Prof. Christine Böckmann examines particle movements

Air pollution inexorably belongs to our everyday life. The causes for this are complex, including volcanic eruptions and fires as well as industrial …
Pic.: Karla Fritze

In the Midst of Life

Prof. Michael Kühn focuses on groundwater

Being in touch with the real world is a very important motivation for Michael Kühn’s research. He is, therefore, very happy about his successful …
Pic.: Karla Fritze

The Appeal of Difference

Kovalevskaja awardee Dr. Kerstin Kaufmann wants to understand plant development and evolution

Who doesn’t dream of the jackpot yet waits in vain? But fortune favors the brave. Biologist Dr. Kerstin Kaufmann was one of 14 Sofja Kovalevskaja …
Picture: Karla Fritze

Fresh Spirit of Research

Young academics and professors prevail at the Collaborative Research Center „Information Structure”

“Business is good,” says Prof. Malte Zimmermann, smiling contentedly. The “business” is the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) “Information …
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Too Much or Not Enough

Malnutrition – A worldwide problem

Not enough food to fill the stomach. This is bitter reality for about 2 billion people on our globe. Millions die every year. Undernourishment is …
Pict: Karla Fritze

When Just a Plaster Won't Do

Polymers for the medicine of tomorrow

Since early 2013, the Helmholtz Graduate School for Macromolecular Bioscience has been offering PhD students a structured, interdisciplinary training …
Pict: Karla Fritze

One for All

Potsdam business informatics specialist designs a model factory

A conveyor belt, four tunnel-shaped boxes with touch displays and screens, a robot arm, several sensors, a scanner, antennas, cabling and a small …
Pict: Matthias Zimmermann

A Jewish Bible „in the Spirit of the German Language”

The Torah Translated by Ludwig Philippsons

In 1839 the young Jewish scholar Ludwig Philippson took on a huge project. He decided to begin a new translation of the original Hebrew texts of the …
Picture: Karla Fritze

At the Limits of Resilience

Workplace-Related Anxieties and How They Can Be Treated

It breathes down your neck: it chokes you. There is pressure on your chest. It sends chills down your spine. Anxiety has many faces. A briefly flare …
Image: Thomas Roese

What You Believe

An Interview about the Relationship between Belief and Science

What is belief? – Is it religion? Or is it a conviction that can get its orientation from other values? Prof. Johann Hafner, a professor of religious …